The world’s most important economic relationship is in serious trouble. Long drawn together by the mutual benefits of codependency—an export-led China relying on U.S. demand and a saving-short United States in need of low-cost Chinese imports and surplus foreign capital—the air is now thick with tension.

The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee, the nation’s top political advisory body, commenced its annual session on March 3rd, and the National People’s Congress, the nation’s top legislature, began its plenary session on March 5.

As a rising power on the world stage, China intends to make its full contribution to maintaining world peace and development by putting forward some eye-catching notions, such as the community with a shared future for humanity.

REASON, order and justice – these are the attributes attributed to the zodiac sign of the Dog in China. Just a few days after the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations, the world is once again looking to Beijing.

China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), the national legislature, enshrined Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era in the country’s Constitution on Sunday, codifying its guiding role.